I emulated the Celebrity Deathmatch game recently, and damn I miss that shit during Super Bowl halftime! Haha I vividly remember Pamela Andeson being in one haha
The GameCube gambit - specifically the Go Go Hypergrind episode - is how I found your guy's content in the first place. From Phoenix Resale to Pixel Game Squad to Pixel Plus and so forth, it's been a really fun journey following your guy's adventures.
I have mad respect for all of you guys, including Caleb. I basically found each channel through the other, pretty much found you guys and then through you guys that's where I found not only retro Rick but gabbo and Caleb and mort and gone though old seasons of the game chasers and went back to watching storage wars after stopping a number of years ago just to find the episodes with Dusty. All of you guys, Riff & Ricky especially, Make all this feel more than just a community, like we're all really good friends by extension. I learned a lot about what to look for at flea markets and swap meets more carefully All thanks to Riff,
I met this scumbag at the so cal game expo and asked him to sign my hat. He laughed at me and then I cried 😭😭😭 lol I'm kidding. Caleb was super nice, we took a pic together and he signed my hat. Great guy!!
Never understood why Caleb gets so much hate. He freely gives away some of the best information and hidden gems in the reseller space. He is the one who got me into these kind of videos in the first place. I found out about riff and retro rick from seeing them in Calebs channel. Your honesty is truly something rare in the RU-vid space and i greatly appreciate it. Real recognize real hommie. ❤💪
This is one of my favorite Pixel Plus episodes… Caleb was the gateway channel to most of the collecting channels I watch now, I just miss his collecting videos, but the channel is still good
Caleb, I have been following you since the early Corona period. I am not sure how many years it has been. I really enjoy you being honest, because of you, I got introduced to Retro Rick and Pixel Game Squad through Riff. I live vicariously through your successes. Good for you all!
I wasent the biggest fan of Phoenix Resale for the longest time but I've gained a fondness for his videos and informational content over some time. I'm enjoying more of his newer videos were he interviews store owners and gets a perspective for both the market side and from a collectors side. Defiantly one of my favs to watch when it comes to games.
When explained this way it makes more sense. Lowkey the thing I hate about my personal collection is my inability to get rid of games I know I won’t play. A small voice in my head thinks. “Hey…. You might want to play that game 20 years from now.” I respect the ability to cull.
I found Caleb’s channel before anyone else and he worked hard to get where he is at. He’s very honest and real and as long as he’s happy that’s all that matters
No one should be upset over a re-seller, bro is just trying to make some money to take care of himself and his family. Also, no one is forced to buy anything from him. I'm a re-seller too, so I get it.
I wouldn’t have found reselling, or started my (very tiny) RU-vid channel if it wasn’t for Caleb. I would love to be able to have done what he has done. I just don’t find games for as good of deals or as consistently as he does. So now I just sell everything. But he got me started. I’ll never be able to make the connection of why people hate resellers. I think everyone should do it. Even as a side hustle. Why not have more money in your pocket?
I personally have always enjoyed and appreciated what Phoenix has put out. It is a very different take but I find it awesome to get a little view from the other side. I'm not a re-seller or big collector but I do enjoy the special little differences that these RU-vid channels bring from Pixel Game Squad to Retro to Phoenix. Appreciate everything shared.
Maybe we need an episode that covers Cost Accounting where they discuss break even, cost of goods sold, inventory, overhead, employee costs, and tax liabilities.
i really love you all! calebs a great a good and honest guy! and so is everyone at pixel plus, i really like everyone being honest! and im glad im getting to know you guys, and the retro gaming resseller content youtubers!
People on the internet would have you believe that if you didn't drive around to local garage sales and swap meets, you are a scumbag who is supporting the death of retro gaming.
hate comes from the bottom. only angry frustrated people need to write stupid comments. you could get 99 positive comments and 1 negative, but that negative one will stick in our minds because we're confused as to why someone would dislike us (as people). Chris, read this comment, we love you! LOL. the Pixel Family is full of good hearted people. much love all
I used to watch Caleb when he was Sub 70K and thoroughly enjoyed his videos. But little by little I just didn't enjoy his behind the scenes reselling and buying practices. I get it he's a reseller he needs to pay his bills. But after personally selling off my 90 percent of my collection I genuinely felt like I was getting ripped off By Caleb himself 😂😂😂 But let's be Honest the running Joke of Pixel game squad and Other constantly calling him A scumbag reseller really isn't helping him either.
Interesting you bring up the joke about Caleb being a “scumbag” or the money meme contributing to the perception and the hate. I think Riff may want to dial that back if he wants to help him out a little.
caleb's trasparency the key to his success. he was honest from the start and he just made a business out of his hobby/passion for collecting games. he was not like other game collecting channel in youtube, he was honest about everything because reselling was the core of his channel in order to fund his collecting but now the collecting side of the channel has been lost because his focus is now the business side instead of the hobby side of it. kudos to you caleb for being transparent!
I am 100% guilty of coming in to your videos originally with a negative view on reselling but it didn’t take long for me to realize you are a genuine person just making good content and a living. The game collecting community that thrives here on RU-vid and at conventions has also become something special itself.
Im not a gamer or reseller i just enjoy watching all you guys and retro rick. I have a shelf full of games going back to nes "atari is in a tote." Im not sure why it started but it started with Caleb's channel. My young daughter loves the retro stuff and im so happy she gets to play the stuff i grew up with.
Really good stuff. Caleb has it right with the idea of being both a collector AND a reseller, and it’s totally his choice to share his collecting side or not, and to have og Lance validating all that. Dude! I watched EVERY episode of gaming in the 80s or whatever it was called! Such a RU-vid CLASSIC! 💪👍👊😁
What I appreciate is you all guys stick together and support each other which is really missing from the community as far as the RU-vidr’s go. The hate for you all guys is weird. People overlook that as Hobby’s grow (video game collecting) or Pokemon card collecting the market sky rockets. Demand causes spikes in prices. And not resellers necessarily like guys like Heckin Steve like to say. Keep up the good content Fellas 🙌🏻
Right or wrong, resellers are essentially making money at the expense of somebody else. Essentially the same reason people just destroy game stop for the amount they pay people for their games. Caleb is just essentially a one-man mobile game stop. The only part I dislike is the exchange between resellers at conventions and such that inflates the prices of games and collectibles. It prices out people from purchasing items they genuinely want. Love the pod!!
Perfectly said. It really is that simple. It's not as bad when a collector sells games because it's occasional and they don't make their living from it (and therefore it doesn't affect market price as much). People dislike middlemen in any industry because the mindset is that they just increase prices to make a profit without adding any value.
Love Caleb and his content. I collect and feel so great when I get a grail, but I do resell because I feel instead of something collecting dust on my shelf, I want to get it on to the next person who is going to enjoy it. Reselling actually drops the price of games because the more on the market the less they are worth. Personally without resellers some of these grails would be 3x the price.
im a coin collector but i dont collect ALL coins and i am also a fulltime reseller for over 20 years. caleb i truly enjoyed the collecting series, im a hunter of all good finds, whether that be grails, error coins, best flip, metal detecting finds, gemstones, shells, foraging, you name it....the hunt is the fun and reselling is the payoff and outcome of it all most the time. we're resellers and who cares what the haters say!💯😘
I need to learn the Reselling aspect. I buy and collect/ Hoard. Youre all amazing i what you do. Keeping up on collecting reselling and RU-vidr requires dedication. I made an attempt with the channel I have. I have more videos than subscribers. I have been watching Many of the people who come on here and will remain a fan for life. Keep doing what you do and Enjoy.
I'm a big fan of all of you and in my opinion there is nothing wrong about flipping video game stuff, and if you can make money doing what you love then congrats to you.
I got into reselling about a year BEFORE I discovered retro Rick and Phoenix resale and the whole RU-vid reseller scene. I have no problem with reselling in general (though of course I find it tiresome that it’s harder to find deals for me personally) but the RU-vid scene has definitely contributed to rising prices. I had an obscure PS4 game on auction on eBay (thought it was on “Buy it Now”) and it didn’t move for weeks and then Metal Jesus Rocks did a video on it as a hidden gem and it sold that same week for FOUR TIMES what I thought was the buy it now price.
I wish I could have talk to Caleb about the Gamecube gambit as a turning point in his channel. There is things he doesn't seem to realize. I saw him at Midwest gaming classic but just meeting someone for the first time and being like 'hey let me criticize you' isn't really a nice thing to do. But to start with people were living vicariously through him. We can't just go out and buy every gamecube game we want, we were watching Caleb do it and empathizing those feelings ourselves. So when he sells his collection it goes against what a large majority of people would do and we feel 'betrayed' or at least it breaks that immersion that brought us to the channel in the first place. For most people who collect games, when you collect it you want it forever, you don't sell it without a very good reason or a very long thought process. And I could go on but it at least starts there.
That is very strange. To get attached so some one else’s collection. This is RU-vid it’s all entertainment these creators are trying to keep you entertained. I don’t mean to sound like an asshole but if folks really think the way you do, they seriously need to take a step back and re evaluate how much all this retro video game stuff means to you.
@@gilbertoarellano8525it just shows that he buys as low as possible to not collect but to resell. Most of us do the same thing but we intend on keeping it. Not reselling it. If Caleb ever acts like he wants something we know it’s not for HIM it’s for profit and that is the opposite of a ton of his viewers
Gabbo vs Caleb hate argument is easy. Gabbo doesn’t have a app that he charges for that funnels games to him to resell for top dollar. He also asks for discounts for EVERYTHING when the goal is never to keep it. I bet Gabbo didn’t charge Riff a premium for the nes games he bought from him 😂 Gabbo personality is also much more likeable then Caleb
@@pfromdapab Again these RU-vidrs are entertainers they are here so you can watch their content and if you like it hopefully stick around. Why would what anyone does with their collection especially someone who profits off creating content matter to me? I’m a collector myself I’ve sold certain items whenever I needed some quick cash does that not make me a real collector?
Man, that really sucks to see how much hate Phoenix Resale gets. I genuinely enjoy his content, and I have a similar sense of humor. He will always have my sub.
What's funny is that I always thought that Riff was always just joking about so many people hating on Caleb... I have been watching him since like 20-30k subs and his channel just exploded... so I figured he was just super liked because of how quick he blew up. Kinda crazy that people take content like this seriously enough to put the energy putting someone down over it. Gaming is fun... I think that is forgotten by way too many
The main side Caleb shows on RU-vid is his reseller side. Unless he pivots his content then the hate will remain. His most popular, recent video is a human-interest story. He has options that could potentially put most of the hate in the past while also growing his channel.
I’ve watched a lot of Caleb’s videos and I think he gets the hate because it’s “trending” to hate on resellers in the retro community even though 90% of the community does it. He’s open and honest about it though, which goes against the “cool guy collector that has never EVER resold” mentality
Caleb’s transparency is part of the virtue: Justice. It is a rare trait, one of good character that represents honesty. We should be grateful of him, not resentful.
Thank you guys. I have been a collector for years and dont even trade stuff, but I love watching Caleb. He is just a guy running a business and it cracks me up he gets so much hate. Seems like a genuine honest guy willing to teach his journey. He is easily one of my favorite youtubers and will never hate on someone making a living in a hobby I love.
I'm a re-seller too. I re-sell electronics, mostly iPads, Tablets, BOSE Stereos, things like that and IDK why anyone would want to hate on someone just trying to hustle and make some money. Trust me, it's not as easy as it seems either it can be very mentally exhausting dealing with customers and returns and all that. Also, I don't think it's anyone's business if Caleb is a gamer or if he has a love for video games. Why does that even matter? It doesn't matter at all!
@@TheBridgesYouBurn Right and if anyone thinks about it really how would you buy anything retro game related or otherwise if not technically through someone reselling it. Just crazy people get butt hurt like this one guy kept them from getting a deal
I’ve been a gamer forever, Collector and reseller for the past 8 years now. People just like to hate for the sake of hating. Keep on flipping!!! Got you back Caleb, here come the hater hanks 😂😂
Some of my favorite early collecting vids were of Pat the NES Punk at swap meets, and maybe that’s where you got the “scumbag” name from, but anyone who watched those and then watched Caleb basically do the thing Pat hated by getting to events early and making huge bulk deals automatically put a face to the hate.
There is scumbag resellers, scumbag hoarders, scammers and even scumbag buyers. Im a buyer, seller and most of all a collector. I try to be Nice and fair and make good deals
Strictly my opinion, negative people are the "loudest". I'm positive there are more "silent" people that enjoy Caleb's channels and content than there are people that are negative towards his channels. Keep moving forward Caleb, all the best.
Top 2 reasons people hate Caleb: 1. His Amazon store has worse prices than DKOldies and he acts like a smug business know it all when his whole business model is ripping off old women who buy games on Amazon 2. GameCube Gambit
9:30 silence followed by nodding heads!! i really liked this part. showed me everyone in the frame was actually listening to him and truly understood what was being told. Calebs detailed honesty for sure does breed hate from people, but those who are like minded and business savvy, can learn a WHOLE LOT from his pesale videos. from business models/strategies, tips on how to ship items safely.. and hes telling the whole world for free!! how can you dislike this man for real. The Phoenix will rise from the ashes once again!
also as a creator with a disability, ive gotten so much hate over the years and im still a small youtuber, i will say it is really hard to handle it some times, but you guys riff and caleb especially, inpire me, to ignore the hate, or at the very least handle it better, so thank you!
I am a gamer and a TCG collector.. you can definitely be, at the same time. A collector and a reseller. And also, Chris. thought that was a real interesting comparisons you made. With an older show like American pickers (Pawn Stars too). Anytime I was with my aunt and younger cousin. And we drive by a an old barn (here in the Midwest). My cousin would always ask my auntie if we could pull over and do some pickin’ 🤣😂 I also give a lot of credit to the store Round Two and their movement, that they created with vintage, during my teen years. Vintage will never be “old”!
Caleb has HELPED so many ppl achieve quick flips for videogames with his new 1up application. I've spoken to him on facetime/zoom calls a handful of time's when he is around my other friends in this space. He is doing exactly what every business is doing. Buy product at x, sell it to a wider audience at Y.
I really don’t understand why people are trash talking any of the resellers at this point. Everyone knows game collecting is a pricy hobby. If you can’t afford it, then play a ROM or just play something else. That’s just where it is these days. I have a ton of stuff that I’ll never be able to afford, but what can I do? The constant bitching and moaning is just kind of wild to me. Caleb just has always seemed like a small business owner to me. The dude is trying to make a profit reselling. Who cares? If you’re not into the channel, then why bother watching it? So lame to me to blow up the dude’s comment section with the troll shit.
It’s because we all have an attachment to these games. So when some one watch a person go on a journey to collect games maybe they never will be able to or have already done they build a connections with that person. Now when that person goes and sells off their collections people feel “betrayed”. Also people see resellers buy games for “cheap” and sell them for a lot more, people can struggle to understand that the reseller, has many expenses and is doing this for a living or extra income. The thing about Cable that people should respect is he is telling every one his margin and he is being transparent l, if the sellers don’t like it they can always not sell To him.
No one has problems with video game stores, just individuals that sell online at smaller margins. They are going after the wrong guys if they want to be mad. (There's nothing wrong with either)
I love Caleb and really look forward to his videos. That said I can understand the hate he gets being a reseller. Despite us all being a reseller in one way or another.
Great show! Do you Caleb. I don't see anything wrong. I see it as you are bringing someone happiness when they find a game you have put for sale. And same time of responsible way of buying your collection. Someone is always going to hate.
People just want to hate. People sometimes get upset if someone finds a game for a certain price and sells it at value. They want the price you paid. But you did the work. You hunted. I never understood the hate for Caleb because he literally came into the community reselling. People shouldn’t count peoples pockets or be so concerned with other’s business. But what I realized with the gaming community and RU-vid, people really become invested so there is a thin line. People also don’t really actually know people, their character, or their personality. What I realized just seeing Caleb and being around him frequently especially at SoCal is Caleb is pretty quiet. People often judge character poorly and sometimes things get misinterpreted. They think because he doesn’t socialize as much that he’s a bad person but that’s not true. He’s different. What I gather is he stays to himself and talk to who he wants. Nothing wrong with it. Another great episode fellas! Salute to everyone there. All great guys that I can vouch for
I feel like the hate is just a meme. “Every one hates Caleb!” is itself a meme that Riff and Rick do. So I don’t think it’s real hate, it’s just part of the meme and people joining in to the meme created mainly by Riff and Rick.
I came across some random channel of this guy who put out multiple videos trashing Caleb. Really some of the most pathetic videos I've ever seen with the him trashing on him for re-selling, but also his looks, and even his car and the backpack he carries around. The jealousy and envy from the guy was through the roof, and I'd say that's probably a good 90% of where the hate comes from for everyone else. Just people so unhappy in their lives and situations they want to bring other people down. It's that simple.
